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If you have more dreams than achievements-you're young.

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we we...

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Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is t...

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In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advan...

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I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history...

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Look, I worked with American Republican presidents and Democratic presidents, all of them, and each ...

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From my earliest youth, I have known that while one is obliged to plan with care the stages of one's...

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My greatest mistake is that my dreams were too small.

The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The...

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We should use our imagination more than our memory.

The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, ...

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He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say t...

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I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Fi...

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Count the dreams of your mind; if the numbers of the dreams exceeds the number of achievements, you ...

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The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and ed...

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I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary...

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My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives t...

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The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontente...

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Shimon Peres

President of Israel

Born: 1923-08-02

Died: 2016-09-28

Shimon Peres (2 August 1923 - 28 September 2016) was a Polish-born Israeli statesman. He was the ninth President of Israel from 2007 to 2014. Peres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel and twice as Interim Prime Minister, and he was a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and, except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006, served continuously until 2007, when he became President.More